Crypto tax news, for your country.
When the law on crypto changes in your country, you read it here, with what it means for your return.
- Japan
Japan: 20% separate taxation for crypto sold through a registered exchange
The act amending the income tax law and others, promulgated on 31 March 2026 as Act No. 12 of 2026, gives crypto a regime of its own in Japan. Where a resident transfers a 特定暗号資産 — a crypto-asset entered in the register of financial instruments business operators — to a crypto-asset exchange…
DAC8: crypto-asset service providers report from 2026
Council Directive (EU) 2023/2226 of 17 October 2023 has every member state require crypto-asset service providers to report their users' transactions, and the member states exchange what they collect. They apply it from 1 January 2026, so 2026 is the first reported year: this is about what a tax…
- Japan
Japan: crypto profit is miscellaneous income, taxed on your income scale
Profit from crypto in Japan is miscellaneous income (雑所得・その他): added to the rest of your income and taxed on the national scale from 5% to 45%, with another 10% of local inhabitant tax (住民税). On that income tax rides another 2.1% as the reconstruction surtax (復興特別所得税), so the band runs from 15.105%…